Changes include altered patterns of rainfall, localized flooding, a reduction in rice harvest, an increase in mosquito-borne diseases, and a new type of refugees?not from Myanmar?rather from the environment! The predicted wave of the future is environmental refugees, those who flee natural disasters, especially in coastal areas. This is already taking place in the Mekon Delta. A recent article in the Bangkok Post identified that a Chulalongkorn University researcher (Jarupongsakul, 2010) found that sand erosion could cause Pattaya Beach to vanish in the next five years and the situation is critical. Research on coastal erosion and related affects on surfing areas has yet to be conducted in Thailand.